« Adcdence of the empire. | Well, the Imperial Federation League '| what be says, and the Toronto News THE DAILY WHIG. ! Opifer per Orbem Dior." . VWEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE. Bit Charles Tupper is somewhat lato ia his, repudiation of the statement that in the election campaign of 1900 he found faclt with Sir Wiltrid Laur ier and said that he was "too FEng- lish" in proposing large sums for the "The statement wag repeated again and again in the publi: 'press and in; | says that what he objected to was the Imperial Federation League, and he takes credit for breaking it up. had, os its one distinguishing feature, the defenicd of 'the empire, and Sir Charles cannot be both for and ageinst it. He could not very con: sistently have opposed the idea, in the league, and at the sapw time ad- 'voeated it in the sending of troops to Bouth Africa, That is, however, the essence of does not recede from the credit it gave the gallant knight of finding fault with Sir Williid Laurier for being too English with his proposals. 1 - Chul' quotations from what the late Sir John Macoonald said in 1884 and later about Canadian Iyyalty and Canadian feeling when insult wax offered from any source to the British flag are very important 80 far as they go. But Sir John did not ie hi if to any ¥ 0 ture of money for defence purposes. EVIDENCE OF DEPRESSION. One paper, the * North-American, of Philadelphia, contains in one page a remarkable record of labour dullness and labour depression. It is notable as above the daily record of indus trial announcements and as part. of the many indications of that business experience which is to be so much dreaded, There is, first, a twenty per cent, reduction for the iron, steel and tin workers. This is not confined to the wages of the men with variable occu: pation. All the salaried men will suf fer. It is figured that the United States Steel Corporation will save by this economy, during the next year, many millions of dollars. A th d men in the service of the Sharon Coal and Limestone com: pany, a subsidiary concern of the United States' Steel Trust, are idle, because of the closing of the mines. None of the mills ofthe steel corpora tion.in Sharon are working except the tin plant. The miners are sgid to be in a destitute condition. By the closing down of several blast furnaces in the Shenandoa Valley about 1,500 furnace workers are idle, The pig iron production is being reduced forty per cent. and as a consequence many of the furnaces are being put out of blast. There is to be a reduction of B50e. a ton in the wages of the puddlers at the Penn iron works. The cut is re garded by the men as excessive, but it will go through. The Lehigh Valley Railway com: pany bas ordered a decrease in the wages of the trackmen, on the is of a ten hour day, and during tl winter thers will be a further reduce tion of wages and working time. The union men employed in the Car: Bondale } dri (in the Susqul Valley) have voted to remain on strike until the wage list has been adjusted, and the Central Labour Union has promised assistance. There is not a day now that the American papers do not covtain the fecord of labour troubles and labour toverses, the groatest events at the present time being in Chicago where the strike of mon affects about 40,000 those smployed by Cable and Fle jo | lowed to conduct a mission as the political discussion. Sir Charles now' Toronto News, Toronto Globe, After all it is to be regretted that men of the Barr stamp should be al- { leader of the Barr colonists has done. They appear to have been drawn from the well todo classes and to have boen led into the iden that they could eater into a strange and faraway land and begin the service that makes for profit and prosperity. Ear- ly in their pilgrimage they encounter- ed difficulty and privation, Early in the campaign they realized that their leader had not pictured the situation as it was, and it is alvays a rude shock to people' to realize that they have made a mistake, The fact is that many of the travellers were un- used to the work that lay before them and that they were unfitted for the hardships of pioneer life. The government came to their re- lief with: the tents and other things which they needed until they were able to provide for themselves and it | put at their disposal guides who help- ed them to begin their toil to some advantage. The talk that there is fur- ther trouble or anxiety suggests that | expeditions of the Barr description must he discouraged, They do the country a great harm, There is 'no sense in sending to the Canadian north-west a kid-gloved fraternity. There is room only for men who are used to the strenuous life and who love it for its rewards. ---- EDITORIAL NOTES. Some people say they want go change in the method of selecting the council. Let them vote accordingly in the refer- endum in January, The Stratford Herald (conservative) does not take much stock in the party's bluster about liberal corrup- tion when it consents so readily to the settlement of protests, -- A great man, commercially, has passed away in E. W. Rathbun, of Deseronto. His was an active and honourable life. In the industrial world he will be much missed and for qualities that were peculiarly his own. "The best men avoiding polities" in Manitoba ! That is bad, and it is the news sent eastward by a certain legal gentleman. Polities should con- cern the best people, They are inter- ested in good government and should try to secure it, -- Senator Hale, of the United States, is one of those whe expects the Cham- rlain preferential tarriff to make commercial war between his country and Canada, and eventually drive them into political union, Some 'men down south have wild ideas. The Ottawa Journal deals pointedly with "brain fag," which is the fash- ionable disease in the larger cities. It is not the result of work, but of dis- sipation, of indulgence in alcohol, tobacco, and other stimulants. The machinery of the body wants proper rest and lubricants. OBSERVATIONS. Kind Of Them. Hamiltop Times. The World and Mail are very thoughtfully re-arranging Hon. Mr. Ross' cabinet, - so as to make it stronger and better than ever. They Can't Fool Us Always. Washington Post. French scientist declares that ra- dium will lose its life in 30,000 yoars. We'll wait and see. Been fooled = too often by these scientists, A Timely Suggestion. Torguto Star. : Canadian soldiers are to have their guns equipped with wind gauges and it would seem a good idea to equip talkative Canadian statesmen with the same useful appliances, Popular Where Not Known. Brantford Expositor. on George Foster is being well re- ceived in England, and his eloquence is highly spoken of. The ex-finance inister seems to be most popular where he is least known. Correct You Are. The provincial board of health sug gests that the floor of barbers' shops should always be of hardwood. Like wise, in some cases, the customer's cheek. : One Man Power. Rufus Pope at a conservative meot- ing the other night said that the lib- eral party was held together by one man. Yes, and he is holding it to ether splendidly and will continue to 80. OF A GALT WOMAN. I -- Mrs. J. B. McKenzie And Her Daughter in a Semi-Uncon- scious Condition From Friday Night Till Sunday Morning. Galt, Nov. 23. Practically asphy- xiated from Friday night until Sunday morning is the remarkable experience that Mrs. J. B. McKenzie, Brook passed through and live to tell iday a new coal stove was put in the McKenzie home, from which the gas escaped. Mrs. McKenzie and her daughter retired on Friday night, and from then until Sunday morning is a blank in their minds. That they are pot asphyxiated beyond resuscitation is due to the fact that E. A. Smith, Mrs. McKenzie's brother- in-law, noticed that the little girl was not at Sunday school, and, thinking some one was ill at the McKenzie home, proceeded there after church. He found the little girl wandering around the house in a dazed condition and the mother unconscious. He immediately had them removed to his home and summoned medical assistance. To day the doctors say they will recover. The local medical men 'state that = such a strange case has mever before under their ol i Washington, L Alice Roosevelt was one of the eight bridesmaids at the wedding to-day of Miss Lilia McCauley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCauley, and Wol- cott Tuckerman. The wedding, which took place at noon in the fashion hie St. John's church, was the smaMest function of the kind that has taken place in Washington so far this sea- son. Besides Miss Roosevelt, the at- tendants of the bride included Miss Anita Poor, Miss Harriet Wadsworth, Miss Postlethwaite, Miss Sargent, and Miss Mary Carlisle, all of this city, and Miss Mabel Taylor of Philadel. phia, and Miss Grace Sedgewick of New York. The maid of honor was Miss Anna McCauley, sister of the bride, and the bridegroom had as his best man his brother, Lucius Tucker man, ---------- President's Cousin Weds A Count. New York, Nov. 25.--Despatches re: | ceived here from Florence, Raly, toll of the wedding there to-day of Miss Cornelia Roosevelt Scovel, daughter of Chevalier and Mrs, Edward Scovel, to Count Riccardo Fabbricotti. The marriage was performed at St. James' Church' and was followed by a bril'i- ant reception at the Villa Terrazen, Viale Macchiavelli, the beautiful home of the Scovels, who have lived in Flor. ence for many years. The bride is a cousin of President Roosevelt, once removed, her mother being a first edusin. Last winter she and her mother were in this country and Jassad some time in Washington and New York. , Nov, 25. -- The jewelry stolen fron the murdered king and queen has been unearthed from a deserted part of the old palace gar- den, Several bracelets, a diamond diadem, a locket containing a minia- ture of the king, and three other jewels were found. The ghastliest dis- covery was a decomposed finger with the exceedingly valuable ring King Alxander always wore, which had disappeared. Langdon-Studebaker Wedding. South Bend, Ind., Nov. 25.--A num- ber of guests from out of town are here for the wedding of Mrs. Jacob F. Studebaker, widow hicle manufacturer, and Andrew Lang- don, a wealthy resident of Buffalo, The wedding is to take place this ev- ening, and it is expected to be one of the social events of the season. The couple will spend their honeymoon in Europe. -------------------- A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE her ten-year-old daughter come | the t ve | s of the great ve key dinners, at numerous than in previous years. |. EsTIMATES TO HIS WORTH, IPaid By Papers To Lgte E. W. Rathbun, Belleville Ontario : He jy made Deseronto what it 1s to tp his industry. titude, gifted with the power of spiring others with the dence in material things that he himself. His had been, for twenty philosopher and friend." Brockville Recorder : He power of Ontario's best citizens. Ottawa Journal : H was try. The amount of on by him was enormous. He man of kindly heart and broad pathy and his death mourned. Funeral On Thursday. formation it was said that the W. Rathbun, Dessronto, left He had three brothers eceded him to the tomb. funeral of the late E. W., occurs Thursday afternoon at Deseronto. Death Of A Minister. Belleville, Ont., Nov. liam Tomblin, a retired minister, died Monday night at 25.--Rev. ffth year. He came to Canada 1845, taught school for and in 1857 was received with connexion in the Methodist ministry. mission. "f1e was superannuated He was married at Bloomfield Jokn Platt Wiliams, who ---- with five children--Mrs. Sprague, this King's Fin, In 2 city; Mrs. Garland, : Toronto; Belg ade, a Biden Ring Annie, at home; William, and John, Fenela, Ont. capital will come to a standstill tions will be forgotten for the day ington, socially, as well as but congress being in se year things may be different, least, will be ------------ last surviving son of Hon. Louis eighty-four Coal has been advanced to $7.25 a ton in Montreal. p-- few months ago * THE LATE E. W. RATHBUN, practically -day, and that town stands as a monument Belleville Intelligencer : He was a man of untiring energy, and strict rec- same confi loss will be a severe blow to Deseronto, to which town he years," "guide, in commercial circles" and one He was a man of tireless energy and tremendous indus- business carried was a sym- will be widely Through a misinterpretation of in; three , but Methodist home on Cedar street, in his seventy- some years, His stations were Westmeath, Pem- broke, Pakenham, Bridgewater, Sid- ney, Consecon, Milford, Salem, Yar- ker, Centreton and Aldersville Indian 1901 and came to Belleville to reside. Miss Toronto, Thanksgiving In Washington. Washington, D.C., Nov/25.--The ma- chinery of government in the national morrow, the Panama affair, the C an treaty and other momentous ques- time being and everyone from the president down will unite in the observance that most characteristic of all Ameri- can holidays--Thanksgiving day. The is usually a quiet one in Wash- more Louis Joseph Amedee Papineau, the Jo. seph Papineau, of 1837, passed away Monday night at Montebello, Que. Al- though more than of age, up to a had very good health. years of high stock, for which this st every hand, in- felt ? rect Furnish "On this basis this s RE Gentlemen! Cold weather is" just around the corner, From now oa this store will be the Mecca for men, boys and children wanting heavier wear for the winter months, A gathering from the best and foremost manufacturers rade, dependable CLOTHING, HABERDASHERY AND HATS. The superior style and elegance of the ore is noted, is in evidence on Sure-to-fit Clothing and Cor- ings at the low- est prices possible. tore solicits' your trade. Al. ways think of us as the store most likely to please you. late $10, $12, The on Wil- his in full in in 1867 to Eliza Ann, sixth daughter of Z survives, to- ub- of THE H. D. 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